Clinical & Medical Journals

Heart Template

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About the Heart format

Heart is a peer-reviewed journal published by Clinical & Medical Journals, covering Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors. Over its lifetime it has published 26,399 papers, which have received 787,226 citations.

PublisherClinical & Medical Journals
Reference styleNumbered (Vancouver)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. Heart. 2023;12(3):45–58.

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Publishes research inCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Congenital Heart Disease Studies Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
ISSN1355-6037
Citation impact (2-yr)2.54
h-index278
i10-index12,962
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity College London
Journal websiteheart.bmj.com
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Papers published in Heart per year

755
2014
415
2015
552
2016
664
2017
388
2018
370
2019
442
2020
420
2021
350
2022
356
2023
180
2024
333
2025

Citation impact of Heart by publication year

17.7K
2014
14.4K
2015
19.9K
2016
16.2K
2017
13.1K
2018
9.7K
2019
12.1K
2020
7.3K
2021
4.6K
2022
2.8K
2023
1K
2024
642
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Heart

Plaque fissuring--the cause of acute myocardial infarction, sudden ischaemic death, and crescendo angina.

Michael J. Davies, Anthony Thomas · 1 Apr 1985

The clinical management of acute myocardial infarc- tion and crescendo angina as well as the prevention of sudden ischaemic death require accurate knowledge of the underlying arterial pathology. It is on just this aspect that until recently there has been disagreement particularly among pathologists. In brief, this con- troversy was concerned with whether coronary artery…

1,996 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Clinical epidemiology of heart failure

A. Mosterd, Arno W. Hoes · 14 Aug 2007

The aim of this paper is to review the clinical epidemiology of heart failure. The last paper comprehensively addressing the epidemiology of heart failure in Heart appeared in 2000. Despite an increase in manuscripts describing epidemiological aspects of heart failure since the 1990s, additional information is still needed, as indicated by various editorials.

1,931 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy. Task Force of the Working Group Myocardial and Pericardial Disease of the European Society of Cardiology and of the Scientific Council on Cardiomyopathies of the International Society and Federation of Cardiology.

William J. McKenna, Gaetano Thiene, Andrea Nava et al. · 1 Mar 1994

Diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy. Task Force of the Working Group Myocardial and Pericardial Disease of the European Society of Cardiology and of the Scientific Council on Cardiomyopathies of the International Society and Federation of Cardiology.

1,652 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Echocardiographic and pathoanatomical characteristics of isolated left ventricular non-compaction: a step towards classification as a distinct cardiomyopathy

Rolf Jenni, E Oechslin, J Schneider et al. · 1 Dec 2001

AIM: To determine clear cut echocardiographic criteria for isolated ventricular non-compaction (IVNC), a cardiomyopathy as yet "unclassified" by the World Health Organization. The disease is not widely known and its diagnosis mostly missed. METHODS AND RESULTS: In seven out of a series of 34 patients with IVNC the in vivo echocardiographic characteristics were validated against…

1,544 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

Heart template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Heart format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Heart template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Clinical & Medical Journals format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Heart use?
Heart uses Numbered (Vancouver) references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: 1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. Heart. 2023;12(3):45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Heart?
No. DocuGuru generates the article LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Clinical & Medical Journals-ready Heart document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Heart template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Heart format with correct headings, figures, tables, and numbered citations.
What is Heart?
Clinical journal (generic ICMJE manuscript format). It is a life sciences and medicine journal, published by Clinical & Medical Journals.
Can I export a submission-ready Heart PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Heart template (the article class) that is ready to submit to Clinical & Medical Journals, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Heart template cost?
You can start writing in the Heart template for free. Exporting the final submission-ready Heart PDF and LaTeX source is part of DocuGuru's paid plans — see the app for current pricing.
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